Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
180 - 240
FUD implements a strictly tiered departmental cut-off system. While the baseline UTME score is 150 for most programs in Agriculture, Arts, Sciences, and Education, highly competitive programs require significantly higher scores: Nursing Sciences strictly requires a minimum of 220; Cyber Security requires 180; while Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Computer Science, Biochemistry, Human Anatomy, and Criminology demand scores of 170 and above.
Use of English, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Five (5) O'Level Credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology at not more than two sittings (Note: Highly competitive federal departments frequently enforce a single-sitting rule).
FUD conducts a comprehensive online document screening process rather than a physical CBT exam. Candidates must log into the portal using their UTME/DE Registration Number and State of Origin, pay the screening fee via Remita, and upload scanned copies of authentic O'Level/A'Level results alongside a recent passport-size photograph. Uploading O'Level results to the JAMB CAPS portal is strictly mandatory.
Direct Entry candidates must select FUD as their first choice. Entry requirements encompass an OND (with Merit), NCE, IJMB (minimum of 8 points), GCE 'A' Level (minimum of 3 credits), or an HND (Pass). DE candidates must also fulfill all standard 'O' Level requirements applicable to full-time undergraduates and submit their 'A' Level credentials for screening.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at FUD is assuming that hitting the university's baseline general cut-off mark ensures eligibility for the screening process. Nursing operates inside highly restrictive capacity caps mandated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). If you score below the hard departmental minimum, your portal choice will face immediate drop filters regardless of aggregate score metrics.
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